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The Final Week

Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it’s who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

Congratulations this is your last week! Wishing you the best of luck, you should be proud of yourself for making it this far. I cannot wait to read your conclusion journals and thoughts on this experience. Your journey and transformation has been an inspiration to follow. I am proud of you all!

Natalie Roy a Yoga Teacher & Meditation Therapist shared with us a guided meditation exclusively available to the 21 Day Challenge participants for personal meditation practice. A powerful tool for getting to know yourself & the self you wish to become.

The ladies of The Living Kitchen Sarah Grossman and Tamara Green, Chief Nutritionist, Creative Chef and Green Gardeners “inspiring health, vitality and healing through conscientious eating & loving good food” shared 11 Tips For Eating Well and Feeling Great.

Susan Hobson Principle Performance Coach at Elite: High Performance Coaching whose mission is to help clients “Envision, Execute & Elevate!” Shared with us the steps to creating your Personal Roadmap to Success

Week Five

Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really believe in, which they can really commit themselves to, which they can put their whole heart and soul into. Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.

Congratulations this is your second last week! Wishing you the best of luck, don’t forget about your experts, they are here to help you, reach out to them or visit their websites. I am so proud of you and the best part is how proud you are of each other. Continue to read each others entries, be inspired and know that you are not alone in this journey. I am inspired by all of you!

Natalie Roy a Yoga Teacher & Meditation Therapist shares with us a guided meditation exclusively available to the 21 Day Challenge participants for personal meditation practice. A powerful tool for getting to know yourself & the self you wish to become.

The ladies of The Living Kitchen Sarah Grossman and Tamara Green, Chief Nutritionist, Creative Chef and Green Gardeners “inspiring health, vitality and healing through conscientious eating & loving good food” share 11 Tips For Eating Well and Feeling Great.

Susan Hobson Principle Performance Coach at Elite: High Performance Coaching whose mission is to help clients “Envision, Execute & Elevate!” Shares with us the steps to creating your Personal Roadmap to Success

Week Four

The truth of the matter is that there’s nothing you can’t accomplish if:

(1) You clearly decide what it is that you’re absolutely committed to achieving,

(2) You’re willing to take massive action,

(3) You notice what’s working or not, and

(4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way.

Congratulations on completing the first 21 days! Wishing you the best of luck for your fourth week. I am so proud of you and the best part is how proud you are of each other. Continue to read each others entries, be inspired and know that you are not alone in this journey. I am inspired by all of you!

Week Two

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When you believe in yourself you have the first secret of success.

Thank you for taking part in the 21 Day Challenge, wishing you the best of luck for your second week. Read each others entries, be inspired and know that you are not alone in this journey. I am proud of you all!

Body Conditioning by Dancers

My entire message is to live a healthy balanced lifestyle, eat right, exercise and do nice things for yourself. My focus is on health not vanity. As a result I have 50 beautiful women, who look incredibly healthy and vibrant, and I wanted to show them just how beautiful they are.

On Sunday December 5th I brought together the ladies of BCBD for an evening of socializing with their classmates. No lululemons, only party dresses – because we had a BCBD Photoshoot with a professional photographer who was there to capture their beauty in a personal photoshoot, back drop, lighting and all!

A truly inspiring evening…

A Night In Honour of Your Beauty

While media and society in general continue to looking outward and complicating the definition of beauty, I empower you to continue realizing that simple things like exercising, and eating right makes us happy and healthy and offers the answer to what the definition of beauty truly is and that it simply lies within ourselves.

Our life is a reflection of our actions.
I am Moved, Touched and Inspired by you all!

Join Allison, Rachelle, Erin and I in our last session of BCBD classes for 2010. If you have not yet met the team it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the ladies of Body Conditioning by Dancers. Get to know us a little better with this fun behind the scenes video of our photoshoot…

Each teacher will bring a different approach and unique personality to the BCBD format that you already know and love!

Introducing new teachers to my roster is an exciting step in expanding my business. It was hard for me to come to the conclusion that I am at my max and it isn’t physically possible for me to teach anymore classes per week. As much as BCBD is my baby, in order for me to reach out to more women I realized it was time for me to build a team.

I have hand picked, fully trained, and am overly confident that the ladies will uphold the same integrity and bring to you the exact product that I do each and every class. I am so excited and proud, and I hope that you will embrace, welcome and get to know our new teachers.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce….

Rachelle Ganesh

Rachelle Ganesh ~ Body Conditioning by Dancers

Passion, inspiration and service. These are three core values that Rachelle Ganesh brings to her involvement in both the fitness and entertainment industries. With over twenty years of training in various forms of dance, Rachelle has also achieved notable credits in film and television, theatre and choreography. Her professional resume includes a certificate in musical theatre from the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts as well as an Advanced 1 R.A.D ballet certificate.

Currently, Rachelle is working with Electric Blonde Entertainment as a choreographer, on site agent and performer in addition to this, she provides choreography for local music artists. Throughout her endeavors, fitness has always been an important element in her life. As a result, Rachelle has been certified by Can Fit Pro to be a Personal Trainer Specialist. Women’s health has always been important to Rachelle as she grew up learning about health related issues from her mother, who is a family physician.

Rachelle has been inspired by her mother and other infulential female figures in her life to continue to learn more about women and family health as a student at the University of Toronto. Rachelle believes in being compassionate and understanding and truly wants to be a reliable source of motivation for women.

Erin Zarzeczny

Erin Zarzeczny ~ Body Conditioning by Dancers

Erin Zarzeczny is a Certified Yoga Instructor with many years and a variety of experience in the health and fitness industry.

Erin discovered her passion for health and fitness when she started gymnastics at the age of 6. In her early teens Erin left her competitive gymnastics career to pursue dance and never looked back. Dancing in jazz, acro, ballet and hip hop, Erin has competed across Ontario as well as Internationally. In 2001 she earned a Gold Medal in Pairs Showdance at the World Showdance Championships in Reisa, Germany and represented Canada in the team competition two years in a row. She spent four years dancing and competing with the Queen’s University Dance Team, and taught classes in Jazz and hip hop.

Erin’s passion for health and fitness led her to achieve her Yoga Teacher Certification in June 2010. Erin strives to inspire people to lead a healthy lifestyle and firmly believes in the importance of mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing as a foundation for leading a happy and healthy life.

Allison Beula

Allison Beula ~ Body Conditioning by Dancers

Allison Beula is a Certified Personal Training Specialist. She holds an Honours B.A.A. in film and is a recipient of the “Norman Jewison Filmmaker” Award. She furthered her training at The Randolph Academy For The Performing Arts, for whom she currently Directs, Choreographs, and Instructs. Allison has led workshops and classes for dozens of institutions including: The Avenue Road Arts School, Arts For Children and Youth of Toronto, Mirvish (Lion King), The Toronto and Catholic School Board, and OISE. She is a Director, Choreographer and Performer whose work has been seen on stages all over the city, and is also a private dance and acting coach. She specializes in vintage dance and performs in several entertainment troops.

In addition to Randolph she has trained with Upright Citizens Brigade (NYC), Dance Manhattan, and is a recent graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program. While living in Manhattan, Allison trained extensively at the renowned gym “The Crunch” where she took part in many new and cutting edge fitness classes. Allison is also a member of, and writer for, several vintage film societies across Ontario. Allison is a recent recipient of an Ontario Arts Council grant for “Artists in Education”. She is also the captain of her Ultimate Frisbee team “The Smurfs”!

Allison is a firm believer in being strong, healthy, and active always, no matter what your age or skill level. Our body is our instrument and we need it for life, so we must treat it respectfully, however we also must use it, and use it to its full potential. It’s there for us, and quite often we have a lot more physical and mental power than we realize, finding the potential and strength we all have inside is an amazing journey and one we should all go on!

Eva Redpath

Eva Redpath

Eva Redpath is a certified Group Fitness expert and Personal Trainer in Toronto. She brings a unique approach to exercise, fitness classes and conditioning with her extensive dance background.

She is the successful founder of Body Conditioning by Dancers a Women’s only, Toronto fitness class that brings Personal Training into a motivating group atmosphere, and conditions your body from a dance training perspective.

Eva’s approach to dance, fitness class and personal training is not only to be an inspiring coach, but also an educator, role model, confidant and a major source of motivation and positive encouragment.

Eva has been featured on Rogers Cable, Oh So Cosmo Tv, in ToronMagazine.com, Flare, Glow, 24Hours, Zoomer, PrentDish.com, Best Health Magazine, Canadian Living and Elle Canada. She is spokes Model for Kellogg’s Special K* and Lululemon Athletica.